Joely Fisher Quotes
I was up until all hours of the night, listening to stories, meeting great old comedians.
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The war we have to wage today has only one goal and that is to make the world safe for diversity.
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I don't like to say anything good. I feel like I'll jinx myself.
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I've been really lucky with the people that I've gotten to work with. I learn a lot from them, just by watching them.
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My dad is extremely successful, so I've seen the money and luxury growing up. I'm nowhere close to his stature.
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A big thing that gets people in trouble in the kitchen is not reading the recipe from start to finish before you cook it. Before you start anything, read through the entire recipe once.
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There might be 1 finger on the trigger, but there will be 15 fingers on the safety catch.
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I wasn't completely comfortable in the footy culture because I wasn't that comfortable in my own skin, which I am now. I'd fit in better now, but I don't miss the training and the injuries you get playing footy.
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My songs are very personal, which means they are fantastically therapeutic to write, but performing them night after night is emotionally draining.
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Never for the sake of peace and quiet deny your convictions.
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Growing up, my mother was a very strong woman who was not very big, about 5'1'', but boy, you grabbed a tiger by the tail if you messed with her. I know grown men that messed with her, and through her wit and intelligence and her no-quit, she never lost a fight. That's very influential on me when I'm telling stories. I love exploring that.
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So I saw many planets, and they looked just a little bit brighter than they do from Earth.
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If you're governor of a state, and you have nothing to say when the president attacks the people that you represent, you are complicit.
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Not knowing the thing that's chasing you is a lot scarier than seeing it right in front of you.
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We do not think clearly about our moral obligations to animals.
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Skateboarding was everything to us growing up. It changes the way you see the world: you spend all day looking for ditches.
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Passion rebuilds the world for the youth. It makes all things alive and significant.
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I don't get far enough into a boring book to hate it.
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On certain, delicate subjects, bringing in outsiders to talk about values is pertinent because pupils listen to them more attentively.
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The artist is nothing without the gift, but the gift is nothing without work.
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I was always the guy who made jokes and ribbed people at parties. After I went to the American Academy of Dramatic Arts I got sidetracked into clubs and started doing comedy.
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Death is not something any one of us want to dwell on, but we must all confront it at some point.
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It really is no different in the way that we make records and shoot music videos. I don't think of the movie as being a great leap out of my current profession.
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I was up until all hours of the night, listening to stories, meeting great old comedians.
